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Top 10 things to do in Ukraine
Yet another gorgeous yet overlooked Eastern bloc outpost, Ukraine is Europe’s largest country and home to some 45 million people, with a thousand years of history and mostly visa-free entry. There...
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Fun things to do in Kiev
Kiev is a city on the rise, with more and more backpackers making their way out to the edge of Eastern Europe each year, who find there’s a whole lot more to the former Soviet bloc than drab concrete...
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Fun Facts about Ukraine
Out of the ashes of Soviet flames, Ukraine has emerged as one of Eastern Europe’s best-kept secrets: A land of $2 bottles of vodka, and a million places to visit. You could spend months in Ukraine and...
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The Potemkin Steps, i.e. my confusion
Odessa is a pretty nice place to visit. It’s an attractive city laid out in an easily navigable grid pattern (damn you, twisting and turning old-timey mazes!), and it has occupied a significant...
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Odessa knows how to party
Time to let you guys in on a little secret. Not the world’s greatest secret, perhaps, but pretty snazzy nonetheless: Odessa is a wild and crazy party town whose ridiculous festivities put Ibiza to...
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Happily stuck in Lviv, Ukraine
I didn’t expect to spend a whole lot of time in Ukraine. I was trying to get a 3 month Russian visa and explore the endless depths of Siberia and brush up on my poor Russian language skills, but...
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Haphazardly exploring the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine
Holy crap is the Crimean peninsula beautiful. No wonder everyone has been waging war over here for centuries. And since all sorts of people have been fighting over it forever, there’s all sorts of...
View ArticleSo is Russia just reconquering the Soviet Union?
For those who haven’t kept up with the ongoing developments, Russia is in the midst of invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea, a prized region contested for centuries by Bulgars, Greeks, …
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